Down south where I live in the UK, today’s a proper frosty winter day with cold weather forecast for the rest of the week. So I should be talking about keeping warm and wearing winter woollies. Instead, I’m writing about short sleeved party dresses as it’s nearly that time again.
This cruise was, for us, quite a different experience from our other cruises, mainly because it was an American cruise line. I mean, first and foremost, we felt as though we were the only Brits on the ship, which, btw, we loved! But it was a big, big ship (we
Hello again Did I mention that I was going on a cruise? Like last year (and even though I’m going away for 14 days) I’m taking a capsule wardrobe for daywear, sticking predominantly to blue jeans and black skinnies with a mix of black and blue tops. Here’s an old
Hi everyone I’m back from our cruise to the Faroe Islands, which was great although I’d forgotten how noisy these ships can be (in the cabin, that is) so it was lovely to get back to dry land and some silence! Anyway, here are some pics and, at the end,
I haven’t made any New Year resolutions yet, although I have some aims: to exercise and write more. I might tell you about these and other goals for 2015 in another post. But I just have to tell you about my latest charity shop buy(s)! I was feeling quite low,
Hello again. I’m back after 16 days away from the blog. I’ve been incredibly busy helping my son to move, and as he’s always rented furnished flats there were two trips to Ikea to buy him some essential stuff like a bed. Phew, what an effort! For those of you
Growing up with red(ish) hair my mother would say – ‘never wear pink, dear, not with your colouring’, ‘don’t whatever you do wear red’ and ‘blue is the colour that will suit you, dearest’. I wore that colour most of my childhood. But as I grew older and my hair darkened
This is a short blog post (but sweet, I hope) as I’m busy packing for the cruise. I won’t go into the details of the actual pack, which, while it’s not exactly a military operation, is certainly one that takes a bit of time and thought (I have a dedicated
I do love a good cruise and I’m going on one in May of this year. And while that doesn’t sound particularly frugal remember I’m prudent and thrifty with clothes. Furthermore, I don’t drink, don’t even eat chocolate, so a cruise every other year – I have to have some
There are some delicious, lip-smackingly, delectable party frocks out there. Vogue has a gallery of dresses, of which I totally want no. 3, the cerise Marc Jacobs one at an eye-watering £1710. Or what about, no. 4, the Mary Katrantzou, at £2065 – so seriously lovely. And note I’m featuring